Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 593
A GOOD CASED 80-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, MODEL TRANTERS PATENT, serial no. 17594T,

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A GOOD CASED 80-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'TRANTER'S PATENT', serial no. 17594T,
circa 1857, with blued octagonal 4 1/2in. barrel, engraved band at muzzle, scroll engraving to barrel throat, dove-tailed pillar fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to the back of the top-strap, borderline engraved plain cylinder, borderline and scroll engraved solid frame marked 'TRANTER'S PATENT', sliding cylinder lock behind the cylinder and 'S' shaped spring cylinder arbor release, spurred hammer, swept chequered walnut saw-handled grip with iron pommel-cap and guarded trigger, the whole retaining much blued finish where appropriate and complete with its makers walnut storage case, compartmented and lined in green baize and complete with Tranter trademarked bullets and grease, Tranter's patent double cavity mould, turnscrew, oil-bottle and nipple-key and a period tin for caps

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Estimate £1,500-2,500